Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-04

been rscsivsd hsxs that the eommnndsr
Of the fusaERsut troops e Eiiirfria.
BalRzYia, hes been aFFested. The news
from HilistFia. however. h both msaars
and vagae.
ssys Betns Enrsllea In ne Exmy e
Afkhanlaean.
BoMnAx, Mafak 8. News Feesfved
from AfRhanfstau through native
sources shows that the AmseE Il makfna
seFanuons edsFts 10 Faise q rev army.
All she hcT4 between the aRes Of ten
and eighteen years are being drilled fog
military service, and aii Who have
reae1ed the sge 81 eighteen years are
being enrolled IN the army. The AmeeF
haa tssued q eircslaT % bis subjects
telling them 70 prepare for . holy var.
IL y believed that be eoutempi8tes .
var against R1ssia.
ptIIen On the Gsmmsns.
LONDON, March s.-In The Commons
10 NIGHT Dillon commenting on tue vote
Of GOO for the Irish poiice. psiufed sut
that the claim vas IN addition % G62. 800
already voted for extra pay and travel
linR expenses The greater psFtiop Of
this money had been spent IN endsavOF-
/ inR 70 Suppress public meetings and To
carrying on The work % eviction. Tbs
government avoided Indicating the Suns
spent on svictious. II The English
people knew how their r1sney vas Epent
they would rfse IN rebellion against
sush = system He vas informed that
the cost Of The Woodfnrd evietions
/ amoBnted 20 1890, while the total
snOcnt 10 dispute between the laadiord
and his tesants vas only E2s. No
amount Of expenditure would ever sup
preas the Bian Of campaign or public
meetings He warned the government
thai the meetin0s Woaid eoufin1s and II
bloodshed should fellow the shame and
the crime wsuid be On the head Of the
government. Hear, hesK.) He had
been accused Of not denounoinR crimes
10 Ireland. He bad done better. He
appealed 10 the people 10 abstain from
crime. Il vas the aetisn OF the govern
meut that led 10 the commission Of
outraRes.
VIII Gals the gaflsan's Atfenfien.
Lospos, March 3-The government
intends 10 call the attention Of the Vat
lean 10 Archbishop Cookers letter ad
yisinR the noa-paymeHt Of taxes IN
Ireland.
First Of the Queen's Jubilee.
LoSDoa. March 3.-The fFat Queens
| jHbilee drawing room vas held today ct
Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty IL 10
enisvment Of fine health. She took 81
hours drive before the time appointed
for the event. The attendance was
greater than at any preceding affair Of
the kind during the long reign Of the
/ 49, "a 1mk
unprecedented. The weather was 6ne.
The crowds eoDgreastsd In the parks
and roadways aEsund the palace num-
bered many thousands. Court officials
say that the reception was the most
brilliant one they had ever attended.
The Pope on Labor.
II In said on good authority that the
Pope will take no other than the most
favorabls attitude on the statements of
Cardinal Gibbons and the American
Bishops With respect to the KniRhta Of
Labor. The letters Of certain American
Catholic statesmen 10 the Pope and she
personal opinion Of Cardinal Manning
all support Cardinal Gibbons. TIE
Pope himself. IL il said. favSFs the
aspirations OF modern labor.
| ASAE1N ~ NuG NNRA4AM AA0 NNNNs
VIoroRIL, b. O., March 8.--The gov
eminent steamer Sir James Douglas
which left for the vest coast Of Van
oouyer Island on Saturday last 20 in
vestigate reported wreck, returned
this evening having on board Captain
RaRg and seventeen Of the crew Of the
Hawaiian bark-Thomas r. Foster. The
captain states that after the vessel had
left Eaquimalt on Deosmber 9Th she
encountered heavy gales on Cape Fiat
terry and spruAR leak on the 18th. After
attempting 20 enter Neah Bay aud Bar
clay Sound, and being met be heavy IN
favorable gales. Ga the lfth The leak
I noon there was ~ feet Of water 10 the
hold. The captain decided 10 run
ashore, and grounded the vessel neal
, Gaps Cook, on the northern
J end OF The island. TWo heats were
/ smashed To launching. The third small
D boat made three trips and brought ths
crew all safe 30 \ barren shore. wishoni
sufficient clothing and 0nlv box Of
crackers, 30 caas of fruit and s0m'
D meat ~ food. Thew huilt a tent witt
!. cid sails, and for 20 DAYS lived upoT
}. one cracker per day ard whst musseis
= ssa weed and gulls they could prneuFe
. They endured fearful hardshipl
n IN trying 20 fud an IndisI
' camp. AZ last ten Of the mel
4 on q raft resohed M island and th,
' next day they discovered Indian canoes
n The Indians took and cared for then
. asd vent back 20 camp for the halano'
. OF the crew. They kept all OF thsu
;. nine days and then Father Nieolaye,
\ Catholic snissianary, found them AM
y took them 90 the post. cared for then
\ kindly for six weeks Hntil the Dongla
4 arrived, ard brought them here. The
a saved nothing. and emily have tn
\ clothes thew stand ia. Altogether the
y have been "a DAYS on the osAst, bat al
% are in coed health. The bark was load
. ed With 1850 tons Of Wellington coal
q The boat vas partly owned BY Weloh o
il San FFaneisco, and she was uninsured
Fatal snow slide.
n The snow slides are numerous in Oh
= SelkiFk mountains on the Canadian Pa
= eihc. An immense slide on the 27th O
y February canght two engines aud
! snow plpw aud burying sixteen worn
4 mea. Ten were taken out alive and 81
y. were dead. The folloWinF were the IN
fortunate ones, Henry Evans, Williar
i. RYAN, W. \. Greer. O. Stark, Smith an
, Johnson. Several others had Q narrs-
Il escape while digging the men ont.
q First rhFoagh Mail.
The fret through mail. since Frida
70 last. arrived tonight.
Caught In . snow slide.
q NOMINAL. March a.-word has bee
!, reserved here that on Tuesday lsst
q large gang % men. two engines and
q snov plow wers caught In 9 snow sli6
n AZ Selkirk. Six Of the nen we're snoth
: cred before they eoald be gotten out.
g The war Clsad BLACK Again.
q LONDON. March 3 The Earopes
q prospect IL again black today. Th
worst news Il that the whole Austria
cavalry is massed on tee Gallacia
Frontier.
= An experienced diplomatist gives th
: opinion that var will not break on
!, this year. II Russia, he thinks. mean
b attsck this year. she would besi